Israeli police prevented hundreds of Jewish ultra-nationalist protesters from approaching Jerusalem’s Muslim quarter on Wednesday to prevent more violence after weeks of tensions. More than a thousand ultra-nationalist demonstrators carryingIsraeli flags gathered in the early evening in a square outside the Old City. The police blocked hundreds of protestors from reaching Damascus Gate, which is the main entrance to the Muslim quarter of the city, according to AFP teams at the site. Tensions have spiked in Israeli-occupied east Jerusalem amid nearly a month of deadly violence in Israel and the…